I included everyone who had any league match time for us, just to present all the data rather than to cherry pick what I wanted. There are some who only played less because they were sold/only with us for a short period.
If you're going to factor in fitness to play while managerial choice...
He featured for more league minutes than:
Calderon
Forster-Caskey
Barnes
Lualua
Lingard
Stephens
Conway
Bridcutt
March
Orlandi
El Abd
Agustien
Rodriguez
Dunk
Brezovan
Lita
Maksimenko
Ankergren
Mackail-Smith
Obika
Chicksen
Barker
He played the equivalent of 25.5 full games (league and cup, 22.25 league games).
He actually started and finished only 7 games (including 136mins v Newport County), the last of which was our Boxing Day game v Charlton.
6 of his last 10 starts he played at least 70 minutes (including first half...